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Caribbean Coral Reef Decline Began In 1950s And 1960s From Human Activities
Not long ago, the azure waters of the Caribbean contained healthy and pristine coral reef environments dominated by the reef-building corals that provide home to one-third of the biodiversity in the region.…
Ultra Reef Borei Skimmer Skims its Own Way
The new Borei protein skimmer from UltraReef is perhaps one of the most exciting new designs of a smaller protein skimmer that we’ve seen in quite some time. At first glance it appears to be a simple enough fractionator but…
Top 10 Tips for an EASY & Successful Nano Reef Tank
There’s never been a better time to get into miniature reef aquariums, and setting up a small nano tank is a great way to get started. Reef tanks used to be mystical, magical glass boxes of reef biology but since…
William Saville-Kent Was A Coral Loving Naturalist From The 1800s
William Saville-Kent As you do when you’re stuck at home, you fall down a rabbit hole on the internet. The story of William Saville-Kent is one such divot we stumbled upon, and oh boy are we happy we did. We…
There’s So Much More Living on Our Corals Than We Know
Over the last few decades a picture has been coming into focus that our corals are so much more than one simple animal, but a whole ecosystem unto themselves. Both the solitary and colonial coral species that we keep in our aquariums…
Hungry Hungry Scale Worms: Scientists Discover Four New Species of Deep Sea Dwellers
Researchers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have described and named four new species of scale worms from deep-sea habitats in the eastern Pacific Ocean. These deep-sea worms are known for their iridescent overlapping scales and have…
Hippocampus nalu, the First Pygmy Seahorse in Africa
Hippocampus nalu, the Sodwana Pygmy Seahorse was officially described today and it represent the first of these cryptic species to be found in Africa. For many years there were only three species of pygmy seahorses but today’s publication of Hippocampus…
This is My Favorite New Thermometer
The Carpetsma aquarium thermometer is a very interesting new temperature measuring device that we’re starting to add to every tank and system in the Reef Builders Studio. If there’s one aquarium accessory that gets even less attention that heaters, it’s the…
CORALPALOOZA Goes Digital With Their First Online Event.
For the past five years, on World Ocean’s Day, the Coral Restoration Foundation™ takes an army of ocean lovers to restore coral reefs in Florida and around the world. This year, however, is a bit different. The yearly event named Coralpalooza™…
MACNA 2020 has been Canceled
With the current impact of COVID19 on the aquatics industry, we were wondering what if any announcement MASNA would make regarding their 2020 MACNA conference. We just received word from MASNA the 2020 MACNA conference scheduled for Fri, Aug 28,…
Video: How to Set Up the Red Sea Complete Reef Care Program
When Red Sea changed its popular dosing system from seven parts to a controlled ratio…
A whopping 62 species reported as new from the Coral Sea Marine Park
Reef Builders Alumni and master ichthyologist, Yi Kai, has teamed up with a star studded…
BYOGuides Announces New Workshops
Russel Kelly has created an iconic set of Be Your Own (BYO) Guides which serve…
Tunze Launches English YouTube Channel
Known for its bulletproof pumps and German engineering, Tunze has also been big on YouTube…
